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KSP Atlas
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World News@lemmy.world•Rocket lifts off with four Artemis II astronauts on a mission to the moon and backEnglish
148·15 days agoomfg can yous not enjoy a moon mission without falling into doomerism and talking about the epstein files
According to Wiktionary, it is indeed a 17th century borrowing from French égal
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Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft claims "2026 is the moment" for AI PCs, but its essay-length beginner explanation only creates more confusion — Is it any wonder adoption is slow?English
2·2 months agoIsn’t the developer of Omarchy a right-wing conspiracy theorist?
Honestly the use of “electrocute” as “major electric shock” is common enough that I’d say it counts as another definition
Like 2 days ago i think
I eat them frequently they’re decent
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* It’s a living.
https://youtu.be/HAkCypsQIQk this video has the ending if anyone is cursed by this gif
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People Twitter@sh.itjust.works•A reminder of why he married her.
14·2 months agoBose-Einstein condensate child
Well I guess I was mistaken in this case, I’ve just heard a lot of fake versions of these so I assumed this was the same
Looks like those neck rings Kayan women wear
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Can anyone recommend any good science communicators for a 12 year old girl?
5·2 months agoApparently the channel is owned by private equity now
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Technology@lemmy.world•Stoat removes all LLM-generated code following user criticismEnglish
82·2 months agoThere was very little LLM-generated code in the first place, AFAIK it was just a couple pieces of build tooling?
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Technology@lemmy.world•Fluxer is another open-source Discord alternativeEnglish
6·2 months agoThe team seems to be working on their own solution to the GIF thing
It would also kill you if it was fired out of a cannon without breaking apart somehow
Aren’t most of those “full phrases” made up inventions from Tumblr?
They’re having issues with their email provider due to the hug of death effect, they did not expect to get so much traffic so fast
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Games@lemmy.world•Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or faceEnglish
2·2 months agoThey were suffering with email issues due to the “hug of death” effect, try again now maybe it’ll work
It’s not that, it’s just that the accents in Britain and America diverged, with some of the most major changes being English becoming non-rhotic in a lot of England (this also carried over to America in some New England accents and AAVE)
There’s nothing inherently “posh” about Southern English accents, it’s just that Americans often perceive Brits as posh for historical reasons







Very satisfying ID number